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Will Snake-arm robots be use in micro surgery?
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At the present moment Snake-arm robots are being use in Endoscopy,Colonoscopy and Neurosurgery. Snake-arm robots can be use in Colonoscopy to remove cancerous polyps.
Here is the Wikipedia link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake-arm_robot
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Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the colon and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus. It may provide a visual diagnosis (e.g. ulceration, polyps) and grants the opportunity for biopsy or removal of suspected lesions.
Virtual colonoscopy, which uses 2D and 3D imagery reconstructed from computed tomography (CT) scans or from nuclear magnetic resonance (MR) scans, is also possible, as a totally non-invasive medical test, although it is not standard and still under investigation regarding its diagnostic abilities. Furthermore, virtual colonoscopy does not allow for therapeutic manoeuvres such as polyp/tumour removal or biopsy nor visualization of lesions smaller than 5 millimetres. If a growth or polyp is detected using CT colonography, a standard colonoscopy would still need to be performed.
Colonoscopy can remove polyps as small as one millimetre or less. Once polyps are removed, they can be studied with the aid of a microscope to determine if they are precancerous or not.
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Information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy
Here is the Wikipedia link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake-arm_robot
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Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the colon and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus. It may provide a visual diagnosis (e.g. ulceration, polyps) and grants the opportunity for biopsy or removal of suspected lesions.
Virtual colonoscopy, which uses 2D and 3D imagery reconstructed from computed tomography (CT) scans or from nuclear magnetic resonance (MR) scans, is also possible, as a totally non-invasive medical test, although it is not standard and still under investigation regarding its diagnostic abilities. Furthermore, virtual colonoscopy does not allow for therapeutic manoeuvres such as polyp/tumour removal or biopsy nor visualization of lesions smaller than 5 millimetres. If a growth or polyp is detected using CT colonography, a standard colonoscopy would still need to be performed.
Colonoscopy can remove polyps as small as one millimetre or less. Once polyps are removed, they can be studied with the aid of a microscope to determine if they are precancerous or not.
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Information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy
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What company builds the robot?
What are the advantages to using the robot?
The name of the company that builds the robots is Ocrobotics.
Here is the link to there site
http://www.ocrobotics.com/
Advantages for using the robot?
Allows the user to work easily in confine spaces
Allows the user to carry out certain surgeries which would be nearly impossible for humans to do.
Will you show a picture of the microsurgery robot?